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OBSERVANCE OF WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY 



Issued to Constituent Societies 
January 25, 1922 




JEWISH 9/BLFARB BOARD 

149 Fifth Avenue 

New York City. 



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OBSERVANCE OP WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY 



Issued to Constituent Societies 
January 26, 1922 



JEWISH WELFARE BOPKD 

149 Fifth Avenue 

New York City. 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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I. SUGGESTED PROGRAM 2 

II. POEMS FOR RECITATION 2-3 

III. PROSE RECITATIONS 3-4 

IV. PLAYLETS AND TABLEAUX FOR CHILDREN 4 

V. SELECTED BIOGRAPHIES OF WASHINGTON 4-5 

VI. WASHINGTON THE JEWS AND THE 5 
REVOLUTIONARY WAR 

VII. PATRIOTIC SONGS § 

VIII. MOTION PICTURES ♦ ' ^ 

IX. SLIDES -6 



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I. SUGGESTED PROGRAM. 

1. SINGING OF STAR SPANGLED BANNER. 

2. ADDRESS ON WASHINGTON AND THE SIGNIFICANCE 

OP HIS BIRTHDAY 
(See Pages 4 and 5) 

3. RECITATIONS (Poetry, Prose). 

(See Pages 2, 3 and 4) 

4. PLAYLET OR TABLEAU BY CHILDREN. 

(See Page 4) 

5. SINGING OP PATRIOTIC SONGS. 

(See Page 5) 

6. MOTION PICTURES - SLIDES. 

(See Page 6) 



In addition to the above program, the following 
are suggested as special activities: 

1. For Juniors: 



a. Boy Scout and Girl Scout Exhibition, such as 

Flag Drill, 
"b. Debate on a patriotic subject. 

c. Declamations, patriotic selections. 

d. Or-iginal essays on patriotic subjects. 



2. For Adults: 



a. Patriotic Address in Yiddish (where necessary). 

b. Participation by patriotic organizations. 



II, POEMS FOR RECITATION. 



1. THE AMERICAN FLAG - Joseph Rodman Drake. 

2. THE SHIP OP STATE - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 

3. LOVE OF COUNTRY - Sir Waiter Scott (Lay of the Last Minstrel) 

(Breathes there a man with soul so dead) - 

The follcwtng are In "Washington's Birthday", by 
Robert Haven Schauffler, - Moffat Yard & Co. 

4. WASHINGTON - Eliza Cook. 

5. WASHINGTON - Harriet Monroe. 

6. WASHINGTON - Mary Wingate. 



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7. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY - Oliver Wendell Holmes. 

8. WASHINGTOH'S BIRTHDAY - Margaret B. Sangster. 

9. WASHINGTON'S STATUE - Henry T. Tuckerman. 
10. GROWN OUR WASHIGNTON - Hezekiah Butterworth. 

POEMS FOR CHILDREN: 

1. A MODERN WASHINGTON*. (Humorous). 

On request, Jewish Welfare Board. 

2. HE NEVER TOLD A LIE*. (Humorous).' 

On request, Jewish Welfare Board. 

3. DOUBTING DAD. 

On request, Jewish Welfare Board. 

4. LIKE GEORGE WASHINGTON. 

On request, Jewish Welfare Board. 

The following are in "Good Things for Washington 
and Lincoln Birthdays", by Marie Irish, T.S.Denison & Co., 
154 West Randolph Street, Chicago, 111. - 30i2^ - the 
purchase of which is recommended: 

5. CAN'T BE PRESIDENT. 
,-^ 6. WHEN I'M A MAN. 

7. A YOUNG GEORGE WASHINGTON. 

8. THE FOOLISH BOYS. 
^ 9. A GIRL'S IDEA. 

10. A BOY'S COMPLAINT. 

11. WASHINGTON'S SUCCESS. 

Ill, PROSE RECITATIONS. 



1. GRANDMOTHER'S IDEAS. (By girl in colonial costixme) 

Good Things for Washington and Lincoln Birthdays 

- Marie Irish 

2. THE CHARACTER OP WASHINGTON. 

Daniel Webster in "f/ashington's Birthday" by 
Robert H. Schauffler. 



Especially recommended. 



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3. THE CHARACTER OP WASHINGTON. 

Henry Ca"bot Lodge in "Washington's Birthday" by 
RolDert H. Schauffler. 

4. SELECTIONS FROM SPEECHES OF WASHINGTON, such as 

the Farewell Address. 

Information regi-rding nuraercus sermons, speeches 
and eulogies, available on request. 

IV. P LAYLETS AND TABLEAUX FOR CHILDREN. 

1. MRS. JflJRRAY'S DINNER PARTY. 

A three-act playlet, depicting a dramatic 

incident in 1776. One simple stage setting. 
8 male, 7 female characters. 

"Little Plays from American History for Young Folks", 
by Alice Johnston Walker, Hem-y Holt & Co. 

The follcwiiig are to be found in "Good Things for 
Washington and Lincoln Birthdays" by Mi^rie Irish: 

2. FOR LOVE OF COUNTRY. 

A playlet in three acts, depicting incidents in 
revolutionary times. 
4 male characters, 2 female. 

3. PATRIOTIC MOTHER GOOSE. 

A playlet for 6 boys and 6 girls. 

4. I WOULD TELL. 

Recitations for 5 boys. 

5. THE WORLD MOVES. 

An exercise for 8 children. 

6. TEN LITTLE LETTERS. 

Recitations for 10 children. 

7. ON WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. 

V. SELECTED BIOGRAPHIES OF WASHINGTON. 

1. MAKERS OF AMERICA - Emma L. Dana. 

2. FOUR AMERICAN LEADERS - Charles W. Eliot. 

3. THE TRUE GEORGE WASHINGTON - Paul L. Ford. 

4. GEORGE WASHINGTON - Worthington C. Ford. 



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5. GEORGE WASHINGTON - Elbert Hubtard. 

(Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen) 

6. LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON - Washington Irving. 

7. GEORGE WASHINGTON - Henry Cabot Lodge. 

(American Statesmen Series). 

8. WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN - Rotert W. McLaughlin. 

9. GEORGE WASHINGTON - William H. Rideing. 

(True Stories of Great Americans). • 

10. WASHINGTON, THE MAN OF ACTION - Frederick Trevor. 

11. GEORGE WASHINGTON - Woodrow Wilson. 
For Children; 

1. LIFE OP GEORGE WASHINGTON - E. Cecil. 

VI . WASHINGTON, THE JEWS, AND THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 

1. LETTERS OF WASHINGTON TO HEBREW CONGREGATIONS. 

Puhlications of the Jewish Historical Society, 

Vol. 3, 1895, P. 90. 
(Selections from letters available on request, 

Jewish Welfare Board). 

2. WASHINGTON AND THE JEWS. 

The New Era, Vol. VI, No. 3, Fe"bruary 1905, 
Pages 225-E31. 

3. THE JEWS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 

Jewish Calendar for Soldiers and Sailors. 
On request, Jewish Welfare Board. 

4. THE AMERICAN JEW AS PATRIOT, SOLDIER, AND CITIZEN 

- Simon Wolf. 

VII. PATRIOTIC SON^S. 

1. STAR SPANGLED BANNER. 

2. AMERICA. 

3. COLUMBIA, THE GEM OP THE OCEAN, 



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VIII. MOTION PICTURES, 
On request, Jewish Welfare Board* 

1. WASHINGTON AI^TD JEFFERSON ( 1 reel). 

2. MIDNIGHT RIDS OF PAUL REVERE (30 minutes). 

3. HISTORIC BOSTON (15 mim;tes) , 

4. BETSY ROSS - (Making of the Flag) - li hoiu-s. 

5. WASHINGTON RELICS (30 minutes). 

6. BIRTH OF THE SPANGLED BANNER (30 minutes). 

7. AARON BURR (30 minutes). 

IX, SLIDES. 
On request, Jewish Welfare Board. 

1. LIFE OF WASHINGTON (24 slides). 

2. LIFE OF WASHINGTON (38 slides). 

3. GEORGE WASHINGTON (100 colored slides with manuscript) 

4. GEORGE WASHINGTON (135 slides). 



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